Vanity case



Oct. 27 1925. 1,558,492

S. MORRISON VANITY CASE Filed Jan. 25, 1925 invent 01:

Patented Oct. 27, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SIMON MORRISON, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO AUGUST GOERTZ do COM- PANY, INC., OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

VANITY CASE.

Application filed January 25, W23. Serial No. 615,445.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SIMON MORRISON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vanity Cases,

Figure 3 a vertical central section of Fig ure 1.

In the drawings reference character 10 indicates a lower compartment having a trans versely extending partition 11 with one or more cut-out portions forming openings to hold toilet articles. In this instance a single opening is shown in which is located a downwardly extending rim 12 resting at its lower edge on the bottom of the container 10. A compact of rouge or the like comprising a bottom plate 13 of glass or other suitable material and a cake 14 fast thereto is located within the rim and rests against the bottom wall of the container.

The middle section of the Vanity case consists of a container 15 preferably of metal secured to the partition 11 by a U-shaped member 16, the body of the member being hinged to the partition 11 and the extremities of the legs being hinged to the bottom of the container 15 near opposite edges thereof. A compact carrier in the middle compartment comprises a glass plate 17, a compact 18, and a ring 19 of sheet metal having an edge bent up to cover the edge of the glass and having projections 20 some of which are bent over the edge of the compact to hold it and the glass in place and others of which are .bent out to engage a bead at 21 on the compartment, thus holding the compact carrier in place. The bottom of the middle compartment is cut away to expose the glass as shown in Figure 2 and this glass is silvered at the side n'ext to the compact to form an effective mirror.

The cover 22 is hinged to the middle compartment and contains a mirror 23. At the side opposite the hinge I provide a punched out partQ t to coact with one side of a double latch 25 carried by the central compartment and held in place by a spring. The latch is provided witha finger piece 26 for forcing it back as explained more fully in my prior Patent No. 1,501,798, dated July 15, 1924. The bottom compartment also hasa punched out portion 27 to coact with the other part of the double latch. At the back of the bottom compartment is another punched out offset 28 which serves as a means by which the bottom compartment can be held down while the top and cover are lifted away from it so as to expose the mirror by tilting the parts in the opposite direction to that indicated in Figure 2. This is also a convenient method of exposing the mirror when only a single mirror is used, the one at 23 being omitted in some instances.

Figures 1 and 3 show one position which the parts may assume. In this position the cosmetics carried in the bottom and intermediate compartments are so-presented as to be available to the user. If it is not desirable to use the material in the central compartment at any time the cover may remain closed and this with the intermediate compartment may belifted away from the bottom compartment and tilted backward so as to expose the mirror through the bottom of the intermediate compartment. It will be seen that the device in the position shown in Figures 1 and 3 can be held conveniently in the hand and if the parts are of ordinary size will be substantially concealed. This is true to a still greater extent when used as indicated in Figure 2.

Various modifications will be obvious to those skilled in the art and therefore I do not limit myself to what is shown in the drawings and described in the specification but only as indicated in the appended claims.

Having this fully described my said invention, what I claim as new and desire t secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A vanity case comprising a lower section, a middle 'section forming a closure therefor, an upper section hinged to and forming a closure for the middle section, and a connecting bar. securing the lower and mid die sections together so that latter may be lifted and offset from the former, each section being adapted to contain toilet articles, and all arranged to face toward each other when in position for use, substantially as setforth.

2. The combination in a vanity box of a bottom compartment, a middle compartment adapted to nest therein, and a cover hinged to and fitting over the middle compartment and containing a mirror, said bottom and middle compartments being adapted to contain cosmetics, a link connection, one end of said link connection being pivotally connected with said bottom compartment, and the other end of said link connection being pivotally connected with said middle compartment, substantially as set forth.

3. In a vanity case, a lower compartment, a middle compartment, a mirror exposed through the bottom of said middle compartment, a link connection 'l'ulcrumcd on said lower COIDPEtliZHlGDi), said middle compartment being pivotally connected with the free end of said link connection so that it may be both lifted away from said lower coznpar1- ment and tilted relatively thereto to render said mirror visible, substantially as set forth.

4. A. compact carrier for vanity cases comprising a sheet of glass silvered at one side and a compact secured to the silvered side of the glass, substantially as set forth.

5. In a toilet article, a mirror, a powder compact, and means securing them permanently to each other, substantially as set forth.

6. A vanity case comprising a bottom coinpartment, a middle compartment, a cover for the latter, a mirror in the cover, a hinge connecting the cover to the middle compartment Said middle compartment being adapted to nest in the bottom compartment, and a bar hinged to the middle compartment approximately midway between two sides thereof and to the bottom compartment near one side thereof whereby said parts when opened may face in the same direction or away from each other, substantially as set forth.

7. A vanity case comprising a bottom compartment, a partition parallel to the bottom of the compartment and having an opening. a compact held in said opening, an intermediate compartment. said intermediate compartment having a circular opening in its bottom, a cover for the intermediate compartment, a mirror facing said circular opening, a U-shaped bar hinged between its ends to the partition in the bottom compartment and hinged at its ends to the intermediate compartment at opposite sides of said openin the inner curve of the U- shaped bar con orming to the lower part of the opening, substantially as set forth.

8. A vanity case comprising a lower container for holding cosmetics, a middle container having a mirror facing toward the lower compartment, an upper container forming a cover for the middle container and hinged thereto, one of the latter containers holding a second mirror and the other holding cosmetics, whereby either mirror may face toward the user together with at least one of the containers for cosmetics, substantially as set forth.

9. A vanity case comprising a circular container for cosmetics, a circular closure therefor holding a mirror facing toward the container when the case is closed, and a connect in g bar hinged to both said parts at difierent distances from their centers whereby the cover may swing across the container into two dili'erent open positions, substantially as set forth.

10. in combination with a box adapted to contain a rogue-compact, or the like, a car- 1'ie1flan1o pivomlly connected with said box, a second box, and imneans of pivotal connection for pivotally connecting said second box to said frame.

11. In a container of the character described, a main compartment and a member fitted therein having an auxiliary compartment hinged thereto.

12.111 a. receptacle of the character described, a compartment, a container associated with said compartment, a connection fulcrnmcd on said compartment to the free end of which said container is pivoted, said connection normally lying between the bottom of said container and the top of said compartment, and said connection permit ting off-set separation of the compartment and container when the receptacle is in use.

13. In a device of the character described, a compartment. a container, and a member normally lying in substantially parallel plane between the compartment and container and pivotally connected thereto.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal at New York, New York this 23d day of January, A. D. nineteen hundred and twenty-three.

SIMON MORRISON. LS 

